"Erin could meet her potential if she would just be more responsible"

The used bookstore here in town has been bought, finally, and it is hard to resist hiking down there encased in a sandwich board that says "Hire Me".

That's me, ever subtle.

I refuse to complain and whine about my current job. I've done that enough already, and I'm bored with it. Besides, I realized earlier today what the real problem is: I am burnt (burned?) out. It's been a while since I had a project that I could throw myself into on a daily basis. I love my blog and I am so incredibly excited about the website, but I can't devote all of my energy to it like I would like to. I need to keep some sense of responsibility about me or else I'd be tweaking and researching and reading and working on the site all the time and I wouldn't have the energy to actually get up and go to work. Work, after all, is what pays my bills. I need to keep at least a little bit of my energy for that. Believe you me, though, if I had my way I'd be up till dawn every night working on the site and "playing" on the internet.

Therefore, I can't truly throw myself into the new site. I wish I could. I need a new project to just completely focus on.

I was daydreaming about the bookstore here in town today while I was on the bus and riding to my real job. I had such a good time imagining all the things that could be done to turn that little place around and keep it thriving. I don't quite know if my little town is ready for some of the things I had in mind, or if the owners even have the budget for any real changes. Isn't that the point of daydreaming though, to not have to worry about a budget? I have to admit the more enjoyable part of my daydream was figuring out how to build that business without having Corporate America breathing down my neck. Cookie Cutter is so not my style.

Okay, I better quit typing before I get carried away. I do have to get up for work in the morning. See? There's that responsible thing again. My teachers always told me I had to be more responsible. They'd be so proud.

Incidentally, I spent a bunch of time tonight surfing for neato blog tools and graphics and things. If anybody knows of a non-cheesy background graphics and/or design sites or of any cool blog plug ins of the sideblog/medialist variety I'm all eyes. I was looking at my "blog stuff" favorites list and it's longer than the family's combined favorites list already. Rock on!